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Crystal Magick, Meditation, and Manifestation

A crystal book of shadows — It’s here. If you’ve been following my crystal photography project, you know I’ve been working on a crystal book of shadows that includes 101 episodes describing my work with a variety of popular and rare crystals. I’ve collected these experiences over decades of working with crystals as a stone cutter…

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Crystal Magick, Meditation, and Manifestation
Crystal Magick, Meditation, and Manifestation
Reading

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Published in The Writing Cooperative

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You Can Earn a Full-Time Living Writing Fiction

I earn more writing novels than short stories — and you probably will too — For several years now, I’ve been earning the majority of my income by writing fiction under a variety of pen names you’ve never heard of. And it isn’t anything special about me. Thousands of authors you’ve never heard of are quietly making a full-time living creating fiction. True, thousands of…

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You Can Earn a Full-Time Living Writing Fiction
You Can Earn a Full-Time Living Writing Fiction
Writing

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Published in The Writing Cooperative

·13 hours ago

Kindle Vella December Bonus Update: Lessons from 365 Days of Writing Vella Serials

The mysteries behind winning bigger bonuses — Ah, the mysteries of Amazon. At the end of December, I celebrated a full year of my Kindle Vella experiment. And, as of January 20, we have been awarded our December bonuses — allowing me to dive into the numbers to report on what we can all do to collect…

Kindle Vella

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Kindle Vella December Bonus Update: What I Learned From a Full Year of Writing for Vella
Kindle Vella December Bonus Update: What I Learned From a Full Year of Writing for Vella
Kindle Vella

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1 day ago

Online Writers Are Still Making This Million-Dollar Mistake

If Karen bit six deputies, don’t run a picture of Barbie — If you don’t know the laws surrounding the use of models in online reporting, don’t use photographs of human models in online reporting. You don’t know how, and you’re going to get yourself sued. I’ve already said this before, but — looking at my feed this morning — looks like…

Photography

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Online Writers Are Still Making This Million-Dollar Mistake
Online Writers Are Still Making This Million-Dollar Mistake
Photography

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Published in Amethyst Dreams

·5 days ago

Kyanite: Cutting Through to Places Where the Sky is Blue All Day

A mysterious blue crystal to elevate your mood — One of the pleasures of wandering into dusty shops in obscure places is the joy of discovery. We met this mysterious cluster made up of sky-blue crystals shaped like blades in one such shop. It was a November in New Mexico almost twenty years ago. The mountain was covered in…

Crystals

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Kyanite: Cutting Through to Places Where the Sky is Blue All Day
Kyanite: Cutting Through to Places Where the Sky is Blue All Day
Crystals

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6 days ago

Dear Terrible Algo Who Keeps Shipping Me Zombie Content

I would like to propose a theme song — Dear Terrible Algo Who Forgot What Century It Is: I was already alive when “Jagged Little Pill” was released in a previous century that is not this one. I’m sure Alanis Morisette is a very nice lady, but I don’t need to find a story at the top of my…

Social Media

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Dear Terrible Algo Who Keeps Shipping Me Zombie Content
Dear Terrible Algo Who Keeps Shipping Me Zombie Content
Social Media

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Published in Amethyst Dreams

·Jan 23

Botswana Agate: A Natural Beauty

A restricted stone we cut and polished while holding our breath — Around 1990, hubby and I backed up the truck to a very large collection of mixed cutting rough from an estate. All sorts of unsorted Agates from all over the world were tossed together higgledy-piggledy. Among them were several nodules that we identified as Botswana Agate. Interesting. As far as…

Crystals And Stones

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Botswana Agate: A Natural Beauty
Botswana Agate: A Natural Beauty
Crystals And Stones

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Published in Writers’ Blokke

·Jan 21

Invited to the Social Media Dumpster Fire But Chose Not To Attend

Meanwhile, Amazon Ads Keep Quietly Selling My Books — One of the first stories I wrote when I joined Medium was a case study on Amazon Ads. I’m not gonna lie. I’m a believer. Let’s say you’re an unknown writer with a self-published book who doesn’t have a platform with an established following. Let’s see if you can guess…

Self Publishing

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Invited to the Social Media Dumpster Fire But Chose Not To Attend
Invited to the Social Media Dumpster Fire But Chose Not To Attend
Self Publishing

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Jan 20

‘I Used a Popular Free Tool for Spinning Other People’s IP Every Day For a Month’

Oh, yeah, buddy? Well, here’s what I learned — I’m paraphrasing the headline of the story I got served this morning on a platform near you. I didn’t read it, and you shouldn’t either, so why make it easy to Google? But I’ve got a whole lot to say about his clickbait headline. The author’s name? Doesn’t matter. He…

Creativity

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‘I Used a Popular Free Tool for Spinning Other People’s IP Every Day For a Month’
‘I Used a Popular Free Tool for Spinning Other People’s IP Every Day For a Month’
Creativity

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Jan 18

This or That Challenge for Photographers (If They’re Easily Amused)

When Almost Was Good Enough — When I look back and remember that there were actual times and places when I was paid to take photographs, I have to crack up laughing. My adventures in photography are far outside the norm. Before I take the “This or That Challenge,” I’d better set the scene. My earliest…

Photography

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This or That Challenge for Photographers (If They’re Easily Amused)
This or That Challenge for Photographers (If They’re Easily Amused)
Photography

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